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McQueen Cemetery Cold Springs Road, Johnson County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first image with that surname. Click here to go to the first grave marker image or here to see views of the cemetery or views from inside the cemetery.

Location

Located on Cold Springs Road behind the Calvary Baptist Church Recreational Building, in Johnson County, Tennessee. The cemetery is closest to Liberty Church Road.
See the views below.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at McQueen Cemetery in Cold Springs Road, Johnson County, Tennessee on 1 April 2006 by Basil McVey and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted.

Sources of Names Listed

The listing that follows is derived from the readings by and photographs taken by Basil L. McVey on 1 April 2006. We have used a listing by location in the cemetery.
These are all the identifiable markers as of April 1, 2006.

Thomas McQueen
who died June 9, 1850
In the 70th year of his life
[the marker exists, however most of the engraving was lying on the ground
s/o Samuel McQueen and Hannah Dugger h/o Barbara Wills also belived to be buried here]

Email from Mary Floy Katzman dated Sun, 17 Aug 1997 20:42:01

Did you hear about the cemetery where your Thomas McQueen is buried? If
you did, you'll hear it again. Its easy to get to now. Its on a little
hill behind a Funeral Home and the Seventh Day Adventist Church not far
from the Hospital. Anyway, a few years ago a member of the church died and
the family had very little money. Everyone knew the cemetery was there,
but it had become an overgrown tangle of brush, bushes, groundhogs and I
imagine snakes. The Elder of the church asked for and got help from the
Funeral Home with expenses, but a place to bury this poor soul was another
matter. Tom Gentry was approached and was asked if thought it would be
alright if he was buried there with the understanding the church would help
with the care of the cemetery after. In other words use that cemetery for
other burials if needed. Tom said fine and he thought he could get a squad
of trustees from the NE Correctional Facility in Mountain City to help.

They came, guards, dogs and all. The first thing to be done was set the
place on fire to chase away the critters and clear it enough so they could
get through and cut what was left and cart it away. What was found was
something. The oldest stone there, but barely legible is that of your
Thomas McQueen and I think Barbara. There are many, many field stone
markers just sticking out of the ground...no names, just markers where
there is a grave. Must be at least a hundred of them. Tom Gentry says old
Samuel and Hannah Dugger McQueen settled near this area and he's sure
they're buried there as well as the old Wills and other early settlers.
Since Samuel McQueen died in 1794, this cemetery predates statehood and has
to be one of the oldest cemeteries in the state. I may have a picture or
two and if I can find them I'll scan and send them to you. If I forget,
please remind me. Someday, I'll have to get about 10 photo albums and get
the pictures in some semblance of order. Oh, Tom says the cemetery needs
to be burned again and he would really like to have Thomas' stone restored.
He just found a couple of old broken stones in a blackberry bramble and
they were restored to like new.

Sources

1. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by Basil L. McVey.
2. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier
3. Members of the JCTCuzins list at groups.yahoo.com

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This page added 27 January 2007 and last updated
June 16, 2007.

The images and all content are copyright and may not be used for commercial purposes without specific written approval by Basil L. McVey or for images, the owner of the image. However, the images owned by Basil L. McVey may be used freely for non-commercial genealogical purposes as long as the source is cited.